ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - Georgia officials report record early voting numbers continue for the May primaries. 270,000 Georgians have voted early in the first week and a half (through Wednesday). That's far in front of both the 2018 and 2020…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga based US Xpress is laying off workers this week. They are not releasing the exact number, but one viewer says it is more than a hundred. The news comes after a tough financial report for the…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Eleven weeks ago today, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting a war that would cost the lives of thousands. Like the rest of us, Chattanooga Police Sergeant Jeremiah Cook looked to the conflict…
EAST RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Police are looking for the person who robbed a Dollar General store in East Ridge at gunpoint. It happened at around 9:30 Monday night at the Dollar General in…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Is Friday the 13th really the right day to try something new? The date has become linked to bad luck, like walking under ladders or…
SPRING CITY, Tennessee (WDEF) - One person died and another is hospitalized after a stabbing in Rhea County. A neighbor called 9-1-1 this morning to a home on Possum Trot Road near Spring City The neighbor tells us the homeowner…
By JEFF AMY and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - A U.S. official says South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Group is expected next week to announce it’s building a massive electric vehicle plant near Savannah, Georgia. Hyundai is finalizing…
The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) - Ashley Judd encouraged people to seek help for their mental health after the loss of her mother, country star Naomi Judd. In an interview on “Good Morning America,” the movie star said she…
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Top Republican leaders in Tennessee say they don’t have plans to ban contraceptives as they await a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on whether the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Hamilton County schools are sharing the results from their latest round of water testing. They've been testing water supplies at the schools for lead over the last two years. Lead generally gets into drinking water from…
UPDATE: The Chattanooga Fire Department now says they believe the fire was caused by welding work and grease accumulation. _______ CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - This hasn't been a good month for the Red…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- It's an understatement to say that, right now, the folks at Volkswagen have been busy here in Chattanooga. Speculations have begun to develop that an additional corporate plant could be coming…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Boats and brainiacs took to Lake Buccaneer Wednesday afternoon at Boyd Buchanan School for the Annual Physics Boat Day race. Students designed and raced homemade boats out of…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - Outgoing Mayor Jim Coppinger kept quiet about the candidates running in the Republican primary to replace him. When he announced he would not seek re-election last year, businessman Matt Hullander, Commission member Sabrena Smedley and…
WASHINGTON D.C. (WDEF) - A bill aimed to protect abortion rights from an upcoming Supreme Court ruling failed in the U.S Senate 51 votes against to 49 for. The Democratic sponsored bill was hastily put together before a Roe V…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Vietnam War. A tough period of time for our country. We lost over 58,000 Americans in that conflict. For those who made it back home alive,…
BERLIN, Germany (WDEF) - The Volkswagen Group now confirms they will create a new company and a new brand for the American market. They will re-invigorate the old International Harvester brand of "Scout" SUV's and wagons from the 1960s and…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Bradley County Sheriff's Office has charged Andy Ledford with a burglary early Tuesday morning. A business owner contract the department around 4 AM that his surveillance system alerted him that a man was going through…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - An apartment unit on Missionary Ridge was damaged by a kitchen fire early Wednesday morning. It happened around 6 AM at 3047 Westside Drive overlooking East Lake. Firefighters found the flames on the bottom floor in the…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - The investigation started Tuesday with several complaints to Cleveland Police about a graphic video when a young man kills a dog with a large stick. Bradley County and Cleveland investigators found it happened in the southern…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating a wreck involving a Hamilton County sheriff's deputy. It happened in the 14800 block of Highway 27 (Dayton Pike) on Wednesday afternoon. The sheriff's office says the deputy was…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly introduced his proposal for the Fiscal Year 2023 budget for the city of Chattanooga. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Next week is National Police Week in the United States, but Tuesday night in downtown Chattanooga, local officers who lost their lives in the line of duty were honored…
BERLIN, Germany (WDEF) - Reports are surfacing tonight that a vote is coming up tomorrow in Germany that could have a major impact her in Chattanooga. Multiple news outlets say the Volkswagen Board will vote on a proposal to create…